Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
Assamese and Oriya
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
thov
  
Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Chakma
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Hajong
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Rarhi
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
196.00 million
  
7
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
19.00 million
  
16
Not Available
  
Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
Mong
  
French Name
bengali
  
hmong
  
German Name
Bengali
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
1000–1200 CE
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bengali
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
bn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ben
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
ben
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
ben
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
beng1280
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available